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NEW YORK

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HISTORY OF NEW YORK 1524 – G. Verrazano - landed 1609 – H. Hudson - explored 1614 – Dutch – colonized Wall Street

New Amsterdam 24 $ from Indians 1664 Charles II gave it to brother Duke of York,

1669 – English N. York the largest US city the first capital after the Constitution was

accepted a seaport, financial, business and cultural

centre 4 airports (JFK, Newark…), the largest subway

system

GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK The City of New York (state New York) north – east of the USA ‘between’ Washington and Boston Hudson, East and Harlem Rivers environmentally friendly city:

public transport modern ecological buildings and skyscrapers

5 areas: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn,

Staten Island (Richmond) Long Island, Liberty, Ellis, Roosevelt Islands

more than 8 mill. inhabitants

SIGHTS OF N.Y. Manhattan ‘Heavenly Land’ oldest, most important part, tallest build., expensive

shops, schools, financial and cultural centre, streets and avenues

Wall Street: 1792 open-air money market 1929 – WS Crash 1930s Great Depression – Washington Bridge, Chrysler, Empire

State Building, … WWII – refugees: Einstein, Chagan 1953 United Nations, 1973 WTC- 09/11/2001,

Ground Zero Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick´s

Cathedral Central Park, Lincoln Center, Statue of Liberty,

New York Stock Exchange Harlem – poor, unemployed people

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

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CULTURE AND SPORT IN N.Y.

Columbia and N.Y. UniversitiesBroadway, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center

Metropolitan Museum of ArtGuggenheim MuseumMetropolitan Opera House, NY State Opera

Stadiums: Yankee, Shea, Madison Sq. Gardens

ROCKEFELLER CENTER

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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON D.C.

from 17th cent. first settlementsas the capital chosen in 1790

(planned and built) – by G. Washington

destroyed during Br. – Amer. War A. Lincoln assassinated herenamed after the first American

presidentno skyscrapers

WASHINGTON - MAP

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GEOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON

on the Potomac Rivereastern coast of the USADistrict of Columbialegislative, administrative, judicial center

600,000 inhabitants4 sections:

NE, NW, SE, SW from the Capitol:

NS – numbers, avenues EW – letters, streets

WASHINGTON

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INTERESTING PLACES IN WASHINGTON The White House The Capitol

Capitol Hill Seat of Congress, House of Representatives, the Senate Library of Congress Pentagon

The Mall – a 2 mile park line The Capitol – Washington Monument

Washington Monument 170m high obelisk, the tallest structure, 50 flags around panoramic view

The Supreme Court, the Arlington National Cemetery

Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, American soldiers` memorials

THE WHITE HOUSE

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CULTURE IN WASHINGTON

many museums:National Air and Space Museum Br. Wrights, Ch. Lindberg, moon rocks…

JFK Center for Performing Arts Opera House, Concert Hall, Am. Film Institute Theatre

Museum of African ArtSmithsonian InstituteNational Gallery of ArtWest and East Potomac Parks,

Constitution Gardens

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová